Thankyou for your help and your time ED, you are very kind and have helped me alot.This is getting too nerve wracking of a hobby... Micah French Sr. does have children with Ruth Wild which are documented in some other records that other researchers have sent me. He and Ruth Wild had several children Micah French Jr. who m, Sarah How being one and my gggg based on The FRENCH FAMILY HISTORY, researched by Jerry O'Neil Coonley Micah French Sr. enlisted as a private solider in Capt. Captain William Henry's company, Col. Whitney regiment in Athol. After service of two months and 19 days ( including 19 days travel time home) in Rhode Island, he was discharged July 5, 1777. He again enlisted from Athol, Sept. 28, 1777, this time in Capt. John Oliver's company, Nathan Sparhawk's regiment. He was discharged Oct. 18, 1777 after 18 days service including 8 days travel time home, during this later enlistment he served as part of the reinforcements of the Northern army during the defeat and surrender of the British Army under General Burgoyne at Saratoga NY. about 1785 he again moved with his wife and those of his children still unmarried, to Dumerston, Vermont. In the middle 1790's they went with their now grown son Micah, and his family to Windsor Vermont and in 1798 making the last move of their lives Micah and Ruth French, made their home in Sandgate Vermont near the New York State line. They were the parents of nine children. He was married to Ruth Wild in 1747 Braintree, Suffolk, MA, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Finigan" <efinigan@us.inter.net> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Finigan" <efinigan@us.inter.net> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 12:24 PM Subject: [FRENCH-L] RE: FRENCH, Thomas m. Mary ALLEN; August 18, 1714 > Lorri: > > Chart #5: According to FFA Chart #5, Thomas French's parents were John > French, Jr (1640-41) and Experience Thayer. Thomas married Mary "Marcy" Allen. > > And John French, Jr's parents were John French (ca 1612) and Grace > Kingsley. This John French came from Dorset, England in ca. 1637 and > settled in Braintree and Dorchester, MA. His decendants, including Thomas > French, are the subject of FFA's Chart #5. > > I don't have much on John French Jr as my line follows from his brother > Samuel French (1659). > But Chart #5 does show that Thomas French's son Micah French b. Nov 3, 1720 > in Braintree was thought to have no offsprings. > > Confirmation of John French's descendants can be found in numerous library > sources, including the Vinton Memorial, the Harry Dana French collection, > the Sprague Collection, the Thayer Memorial, and many other books. > > Chart #1: It is my understanding that Thomas French b 1584 in Assington, > County Suffolk, England, emigrated to Ipswich, MA in 1630, and is the > subject of FFA's Chart #1. > > Ed Finigan > French Chart #5 > Lynn, MA > > . > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 08:57:15 -0600 > From: "Mindream" <mindream@satx.rr.com> > > Subject: [FRENCH-L] FRENCH, Thomas m. Mary ALLEN; August 18, 1714 > > I have a Mary Allen b. 1688 unknown origin possibly MA > who married -Thomas French b.June 23, 1690 > Braintree Ma on August 18, 1714 (Possibly Braintree MA )area > I'd love to find her Family origins. My French are from (I believe) Suffolk > England > Their children: > Micah French Sr. (my line) > Joseph French > Thomas French > Samuel French > David French > > any information on this family would be appreciated > On Mary ALLEN'S origins and Parents > > Godbless > Lorri >